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World News on April 25th, 2016
Monday, April 25, 2016
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Investment Protection ChapterTTIP: UK Government did just one assessment of trade deal and found it had 'lots of risks and no benefit' (independent.co.uk)
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Elephant poachers killed three rangers in Congo's Garamba wildlife park and wounded two other people including the Swedish park manager. (reuters.com)
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Australian MP sets river on fire, blames nearby fracking - An Australian MP is blaming seeping methane from a nearby fracking site for making it possible for him to set Queensland's Condamine River on fire. (cbc.ca)
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Missing Mexican Students Suffered a Night of ‘Terror,’ Investigators Say: An international panel has provided details of the night in 2014 when Mexican police and gunmen abducted 43 students who have not been seen since. (nytimes.com)
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Japan says China's maritime expansion making the world 'greatly worried' - Foreign Minister, speaking ahead of Beijing visit, said China is making the world worried with its military buildup & maritime expansion in the East & South China Seas. (reuters.com)
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Malta Prime Minister associate found selling Maltese (EU) citizenship through secret company in British Virgin Islands (daphnecaruanagalizia.com)
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Carbon Pricing Becomes a Cause for the World Bank and I.M.F. - “And to our economists, who have been studying this for quite some time, there is an equally obvious consensus that putting a price on carbon pollution is by far the most powerful and efficient way to reduce emissions.” (nytimes.com)
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US President Barack Obama has dismissed North Korea's proposal to suspend nuclear tests if the US ends its annual military exercises with the South. On Sunday Mr Obama told reporters that the US did not take such a proposal seriously and that Pyongyang would "have to do better than that". (bbc.com)
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Victims of a New African Massacre: Gorillas - With conflicts abating some in jungles of Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers finally have an updated gorilla head count — one that confirms their fears. They've plummeted 77%. Less than 3,800 remain. (nytimes.com)
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A Philippine presidential candidate who joked about raping a murdered Australian missionary widens his lead over his rivals despite backlash (abc.net.au)
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Poland's ex-leaders say new govt is demolishing democracy - Prominent former leaders accuse right-wing govt of demolishing country’s democracy & its international standing. Urging lawmakers to disregard what they call the “draconian” new legislation the govt is proposing. (washingtonpost.com)
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Haiti Election: Thousands of Protesters now taking to the streets of the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, asking for a chance to cast their votes. (bbc.com)
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Revealed: nearly all new diesel cars exceed official pollution limits - Health experts lambast ‘deceitful’ carmakers as data suggests 97% of vehicles fail to meet NOx emissions standards in real-world conditions. (theguardian.com)
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Wealthy Palestinian teen behind Jerusalem bus bombing - Police identified the attacker as 19-year-old Abdel Hameed Abu Srour, who later died from his injuries (thestar.com)
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Elephant dies from exhaustion after decades carrying tourists to Cambodia's Angkor Wat (independent.co.uk)
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